You bring LIVE UNITED to life by providing children and teens with
opportunities for quality learning and skill development.

Our Focus:

School Readiness

Academic Achievement

Development of New Skills and Knowledge

Quality Out-of-School Time

The United Way
of Lackawanna
and Wayne
Counties is
committed to
ensuring that
the children and
teens in our
community have
access to
quality
education and
life-long
learning
opportunities.
Academic
achievement is
the gateway to
future success
and is vital to
later health and
prosperity.

To help support
this ultimate
success, our
work in
Education is
centered around
the core focus
areas of school
readiness,
consistent
attendance and
summer learning
with an emphasis
on
parental/caregiver
engagement,
healthy growth
and development
and improved
literacy to
increase 3rd
grade reading
scores.